The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-04-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

"a Bow-LEGGED critter, with squint eyes and
band around his hat as token OF mourning Tor
his fourth Wife is the way one Wyoming ed
itor speaks of another without any bloodshed as
the result
NEXT YEAR will be the centenary of the colo
ny of New South Wales, the first convoy OF
convicts having reached Botany Bay on Jan: 20,
1855 And the cooniStS are now debating how
best TO celebrate the event. But none OF them
are anxious to trace their origin TO these frSt
settlers.
CAPT. NATHANIEL FISH, of the Cherokee ma
ton, is fine specimen of the centenarian. He
is apparently not over go years old, walks into
Tahequah from his farm, seven miles away
once or twice each week and back again, and Is
in sound health every way. He recently cut
two teeth.
A LADY told this story the other day in Sorosis,
the incident having occurred in her own family:
A small boy was requested to look up the word
anonymous and use it i'll sentence. He found
the word to be without name, and there
upon handed the following to his happy parent:
Mamma has given us a new baby; 1t is anony-
NOUS
A REMARKABLE CASE of longevity recently
ended in the death at Avon, Conn, of two
sisters, Mrs. Chester Woodford, &c. who died
March 80; Mrs George B. WoOdford, 92, who
died Sunday and Mrs. Truman Woodford, 81, u
sister-in-law of Mrs. G. b. Woodford, who died
in Hartford on April J.. All three were born
within mile of each other and died within
week.
Mr.. CARTER, of the London Colonial exhibi
ton states that mice are among the enemies OF
frogs He was witness to an attack made by
mice upon some frogs which infested barn.
They pursued and bit the batrachians, which
had sufficient strength and alacrity to escape,
but were again pursued and caught, until they
were helpless from the severity of the bites,
when the mice ate portion OF them.
HENRY RAY, of Gilmer, Tex, has discovered
the secret of the quail's being able to hide so
well. He was walking in a field when covey
of birds was flushed. One alighted near him,
and the moment it did so seized dead oak leaf,
crouched to the ground and threw the leaf over
its back, so that it was completely hidden from
view Mr.. Ray said he had to go and turn over
the leaf before he could believe the evidence of
his own eyes.
A KINGSTON On. y woman, says the Freeman
of that city, returned u borrowed book to a
friend the other day. She had had the book
some time, and the friend expressed some sur
prise that she had returned it SO soon. We'll"
said she, IN tell you how ii happened. My
husband just bought quite number of books,
so | had to take out the borrowed books TO
make room for the new ones in the bookcase"
In San Francisco there are four journals regu-
larry published in Chinese characters. These
appear weekly and have a circulation of $500
COPIES According to the Chinese method good
printer can print 400 sheets a day. Five days
work are required to get out an edition of 1000
copies. The journals are printed with black ink
upon single sheets of white paper, except on the
Chinese we year, when the printing Is done In
red ink or upon red paper.
IT is a singular but not very startling coinci-
dence. The young amateur that assumed the
part of Christ in the passion Play on the oc
casiOn of its one only full-dreSs rehearsal in New
York was named Wanamaker. The spectacle
was produced in the same building where the
painting Christ Before Plate is being eXhib-
tied and which has been purchased by another
Wanamaker Both of the WanamakerS are
PhiadelphianS, or, rather, were, as the actor
is, like Morse, the author of the play in the bet
ter land.
GEN COUNT RAYMOND DE vENDEuvRE, who
commanded the Cuirassiers at the famous cav
airy charge of Reichshofen has just died while
passing through Paris on his way to his country
seat in Vendome Strange to say, the papers
devote little space to the mention of the fact
although the charge in which he rode at the
head of his steelclad horsemen has been cele-
brated in song and story. The Count was pro-
NOTED from his Colonelcy to brigade in August,
1870 and in 1875 he was put on the retired list,
after having commanded cavalry brigade in
the Third army corps. He sat in the chamber
for short time as Conservative member for
CalvadOS
THEY tell a story of Interstate Commerce
Commissioner Bragg that is greatly to his
credit A Northerner who owned some Ala
bama State bonds journeyed down to Mont
gomery four or five years ago to see about the
chances of getting a settlement with the State.
Bragg was recommended to him as a lawyer of
ability and push whose service as attorney
might be Of incalculable value He called on
the lawyer, explained the case, and offered
big retainer Bragg looked at his visitor
minute two, sent stream of tobacco Juice
clear across the room, and drawled out placidly
THAT retainer is pretty big one, but this office
Is taking no case against its native State. You
will have to hunt up some other lawyer"
HERE is a curious coincidence In Clark Rus
sells famous sea story entitled Jacks Court
ship occurs fine description of the sudden
appearance of large meteor at sea that paled
the light of the moon and stars and approach
ing nearer the vessel suddenly exploded, leaving
naught but luminous trail of smoke The
papers lately reported the arrival of the Strath-
more at New York. whose Captain gave vivid
description of most brilliant meteor seen at
on the evening of WashingtOns birthday at sea
/ 9:45 O'Clock. The coincidence consists in the
fact that Clark Russells vessel in the work men
toned was also named the Strathmore 1t is
TO be hoped that the living namesake will not
snare the fate that overlook Russells fictitious
bark.
THERE are giants in these days, as there were
in the days of old. For several days past Henry
Richner, of Vail, Crawford county, Ia has been
taking in the sights of Chicago. He is - years
of age feet 434 inches in his stockings and
weighs 270 ounds. He is as straight as a
grenadier and as graceful in his movements as
any man of the average size, and is the best
put up big man in the United States. His
shoulders are square and broad, and he taperS
down like the work of a sculptor from the hips
his limbs, hands, and feet being proportionate
to his immense size. Mr.. Richner is native of
Rochester, n Y, and has always worked on
farm and among live stock The other members
of the family are only of the ordinary stature,
the mother weighing only 10 pounds
A PROMINENT photographer declares that he is
compelled to spend large annually in
copyrighting his portraits of celebrities to pro-
tect himself from the piracy of smaller con-
cerns which otherwise would Immediately re
produce his work and offer the copies for sale at
lower prices. There is active competition
among photographers to secure sittngs from
distinguished folks, especially popular actresses
whose pictures generally sell we'll In some
cases a percentage on the sales is paid to the
subject There are only a few Photographic
artists who possess any taste or ability in
posing" their subject. There are many of
them that can take good portraits, but only a
comparative few can pose" well and conse-
quently those who can have TO protect them
selves by copyright
APaoPos of nothing in particular here is an
other instance of the care people should take in
commenting on each other. Women are only
too prone to il, so the way Jim Snively put his
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